Journey To Oz

By

Hailey & Asha

Our Important Facts About Oz

• About one third of the world’s wool comes from Australia.

• Oz is a country and a continent.• The largest city in Oz is Sydney.• The three main biomes are desert,

grassland, and rainforest.• In Oz one of the largest farms called a

station is as big as Michigan

Map and Facts

• One of the most famous landmarks in Australia is called Uluru.

• Australia is the smallest continent.

• One of Australia’s states is an island called Tasmania.

Flag and Facts

• The Union Jack is in the upper left hand corner of the flag.

• The small white stars are the Southern Cross which can always be seen at night.

• It is called the Commonwealth Blue Ensign.

Aborigines and Facts

• The aborigines thought that spirits created the earth.

• Aborigines have lived in Australia for over 40,000 years.

• They built shelters out of tree branches.

Alice Springs

• Alice Springs has a population of 22,000 people.

• Alice Springs has had the most tourists during their long hot winter (May to September).

• Alice Springs was settled in 1871.

Rock Art

• The Aborigines passed down stories thru their rock art.

• The Aborigines thought that Mimi spirits painted the pictures found on the walls of caves in Australia.

Bark Art

• The Aborigines use eucalyptus tree bark to paint on during the rainy seasons.

• The colors that the aborigines use on the Bark art are red, yellow, black, brown, and white.

Dot Art

• Aborigines use dot art to tell about the dreamtime stories.

• Dot art is like a map of what happened in a story.

• Aborigines use icons and repeated lines and dots in there dot art.

A Cockatoo

• There are many different species of the cockatoo.

• Their colors are white, pink, yellow, gray, and black.

• The cockatoo eats grass seeds, berries, and nuts.

• A cockatoo can get about 12 to 15 inches long.

I hope you have learned a lot about Australia. Our favorite place that we visited was Alice Springs. I hope we can visit Oz again some day. I hope you have learned a lot from our

journey to Oz.